Brennan Hale

Engineer checking a CNC machine on a manufacturing floor

Specialist recruitment for the people who build, make and keep things running.

Brennan Hale places engineering, technology, life sciences, finance, energy and supply chain professionals across the UK and Ireland. Small team, narrow focus, shortlists you can actually read.

/Where we recruit

Six sectors, and nothing outside them.

Each desk is run by a consultant who has worked in or around the field. That is the whole reason our shortlists are short.

CNC milling machine cutting an aluminium part

Engineering & Manufacturing

Design, production and quality engineering for manufacturers who make physical things well.

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CNC milling machine cutting an aluminium part

Engineering & Manufacturing

Design, production and quality engineering for manufacturers who make physical things well.

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CNC milling machine cutting an aluminium part

Engineering & Manufacturing

Design, production and quality engineering for manufacturers who make physical things well.

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Rows of server racks in a data centre

Technology & Data

Platform, data and security engineering for teams building software that has to stay up.

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Rows of server racks in a data centre

Technology & Data

Platform, data and security engineering for teams building software that has to stay up.

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Rows of server racks in a data centre

Technology & Data

Platform, data and security engineering for teams building software that has to stay up.

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Scientist in a cleanroom handling vials with gloved hands

Life Sciences

Manufacturing, quality and regulatory roles across pharma, biotech and medical devices.

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Scientist in a cleanroom handling vials with gloved hands

Life Sciences

Manufacturing, quality and regulatory roles across pharma, biotech and medical devices.

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Scientist in a cleanroom handling vials with gloved hands

Life Sciences

Manufacturing, quality and regulatory roles across pharma, biotech and medical devices.

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Glass office tower in a financial district at dusk

Finance & Legal

Qualified finance, risk and legal professionals for regulated and high-growth businesses.

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Glass office tower in a financial district at dusk

Finance & Legal

Qualified finance, risk and legal professionals for regulated and high-growth businesses.

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Glass office tower in a financial district at dusk

Finance & Legal

Qualified finance, risk and legal professionals for regulated and high-growth businesses.

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Offshore wind farm at sea

Energy & Renewables

Offshore wind, grid infrastructure and hydrogen, plus the transition roles in between.

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Offshore wind farm at sea

Energy & Renewables

Offshore wind, grid infrastructure and hydrogen, plus the transition roles in between.

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Offshore wind farm at sea

Energy & Renewables

Offshore wind, grid infrastructure and hydrogen, plus the transition roles in between.

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Aerial view of shipping containers at a port

Supply Chain & Logistics

Planning, procurement and operations for businesses that move product at scale.

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Aerial view of shipping containers at a port

Supply Chain & Logistics

Planning, procurement and operations for businesses that move product at scale.

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Aerial view of shipping containers at a port

Supply Chain & Logistics

Planning, procurement and operations for businesses that move product at scale.

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/Live now

Roles we are handling this week

Engineer holding a tablet on a factory floor

/For candidates

We will tell you what the job actually pays

You get honest salary data, a consultant who has read the spec properly, and your CV goes nowhere without your say-so. If we do not think you will get it, we will say so on the first call.

Hiring managers reviewing a shortlist of CVs together

/For employers

Four candidates, not forty

We map the market before we approach anyone, screen technically rather than by keyword, and turn down briefs we cannot fill. Most of our searches close inside seven weeks.

average time from brief to signed offer

19 days

19 days

of placements still in post at 12 months

91%

91%

candidates submitted per role, on average

4.1

4.1

Halloway Precision

Kestrel Payments

Ardmore Biologics

Brightmoor Financial

Lochran Energy

Verrall Distribution

/How we work

Four steps, and we will tell you if one of them is going badly.

The process below is what a retained or contingency search actually looks like with us. No stage exists to make the fee feel justified.

01

Scope properly

We rewrite the brief with you. Most searches that stall were mis-specified, not under-marketed.

02

Map the market

We build the list of everyone who could do the job before approaching anyone, then prioritise who is realistically movable.

03

Screen technically

A consultant who understands the work has the first conversation. You get four candidates with reasoning, not forty CVs.

04

Stay on it

We manage the process to offer, prepare for the counter-offer, and check in at week one, month three and month twelve.

Hiring, or thinking about moving?

Either way the first conversation is short, specific and free of pressure. We will tell you quickly if we are not the right firm for it.

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